"Desiccate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... preserve them by drying and this is best done by exposing them several days to the fresh air in a dry place—for example, the corridors of the house—being careful not to expose them to the rays of the sun, in which latter event the fleshy and juicy plants which do not desiccate rapidly, ...
— The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines • T. H. Pardo de Tavera
... the blessing of profound religious emotion, this statement may seem too desiccate. It is indeed not enthusiastic. ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward
... dessicator. [device to render dry] dessicator; hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier; vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln; lyophilizer. clothesline. V. be dry &c adj.. render dry &c adj.; dry; dry up, soak up; sponge, swab, wipe; drain. desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate^; parch. kiln dry; vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry; hang out to dry. mummify. be fine, hold up. Adj. dry, anhydrous, arid; adust^, arescent^; dried &c v.; undamped; juiceless^, sapless; sear; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... tends to raise the surface of the soil with the substances generated by it, which we call solids. How small a portion reaches the rivulets, and how little returns to the sea! The consideration seems at least to justify the notion, that the waters desiccate in spite of the encroachments of currents, and that all things have proceeded from the silent ...
— A Morning's Walk from London to Kew • Richard Phillips |
